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4.38 AVERAGE
4.38 AVERAGE
I finally finished the Lunar Chronicles Series.
I have mixed feelings about it.
When I was 16 this was THE series that everyone was specting. But time passed and I got older and the excitement left. Now I'm 23 and I'm not the target audience anymore, and it is notizable.
I'm thankful though, because it made me feel like I was a teeneger again, reading the caracters names like they were an old friend.
Wasn't the best but wasn't awful either. This ending felt a little too long, tons of chapters that seemed unnessesary.
Over all for me is a 3.5 ⭐ but I'll give it a 4/5 just because of the good nostalgia that made me feel.
I have mixed feelings about it.
When I was 16 this was THE series that everyone was specting. But time passed and I got older and the excitement left. Now I'm 23 and I'm not the target audience anymore, and it is notizable.
I'm thankful though, because it made me feel like I was a teeneger again, reading the caracters names like they were an old friend.
Wasn't the best but wasn't awful either. This ending felt a little too long, tons of chapters that seemed unnessesary.
Over all for me is a 3.5 ⭐ but I'll give it a 4/5 just because of the good nostalgia that made me feel.
Spoiler
Okay but why did Scarlet and Wolf have to be separated for almost two entire books, with all of the build-up about him thinking that she despised him after his genetic modifications, for... nothing much to come from any of it. Everything else was fine but I am bitter about this mistreatment of my faves.
I enjoyed the other books. This one I felt as if I were slogging through it. Granted, I kept going. It just kept losing its momentum. So, I am glad I got to wrap up all the story lines, yet, it was work to get through it.
Well (cue long pause and a deep breath), we've reached the end. In the final novel in this series, Cinder and her crew work to incite a rebellion on Luna to overthrow Queen Levana so that Princess Selene/Cinder may take the throne.
As many reviewers have said, Meyer did a great job of tying up the loose ends and leaving us with a sense of pleasure and accomplishment.
About half way through the novel, I realized that Cinder had turned into Katniss as the mockingjay; she had become the symbol of rebellion and hope to the poor majority who had lived for so long without a voice. Cinder was the face not only of a new monarch but of someone to overthrow the aristocracy and give rights to those with nothing. That was all very Hunger Games (and probably other YA dystopian novels, too) and not at all what I was expecting. Most of all, I was not expecting so much death and blood.
But anyway, I enjoyed each character's extreme bravery and watching them hold their own. I keep thinking back to the characters as we first knew them, and they all have changed so much, and I love them all. Except Wolf. He's still annoying and desperate and animalistic. I don't see what Scarlet likes about him. He's either a mindless killing machine or a wounded kitten. But I digress.
Oh, but I also didn't like Jacin. I admire his loyalty and love towards Winter, but he purposefully makes himself standoffish towards literally everybody else. He's sort of that faceless, personality-less, stereotypical Prince Charming figure. Although I did enjoy learning about him and his incentives while reveling at any little piece of personality or character that came through.
I'm still not sure what to think about Winter. All along, I thought that somehow Winter would pull herself together and ally herself with Cinder so that Winter would be the queen so that Cinder could go back to Earth with Kai. So the truth was a (pleasant?) surprise. Winter really reminded me of Quintana from the Lumatere Chronicles, but possibly more crazy. I wanted more from her, actually - more specifically, I wanted more of the lucid Winter rather than a helpless, crazed girl. I kept picturing her as a young child rather than a seventeen-year-old based on how she acts most of the time. Now that I think of it, it's kind of irritating how she can't function without someone taking care of her.
That's a lot of negative. But I really did love the book, and this whole series will always be dear to me. The setting is rich and the characters (most of them) are deep and amazing and full of surprises. Do I hear a Captain Carswell Thorne and Crew spin-off series? Eh??
As many reviewers have said, Meyer did a great job of tying up the loose ends and leaving us with a sense of pleasure and accomplishment.
Spoiler
I had also heard enough from reviewers that the ends were tied up so nicely that there was nothing really left to worry about - at least not in a big way. So I wasn't ever particularly fearful that one of our beloved characters would die or that a couple wouldn't "make it." I was never afraid that Meyer would pull a Suzanne Collins and kill off anybody. That lack of fear took away some of my investment because I knew it would all work out in the end.About half way through the novel, I realized that Cinder had turned into Katniss as the mockingjay; she had become the symbol of rebellion and hope to the poor majority who had lived for so long without a voice. Cinder was the face not only of a new monarch but of someone to overthrow the aristocracy and give rights to those with nothing. That was all very Hunger Games (and probably other YA dystopian novels, too) and not at all what I was expecting. Most of all, I was not expecting so much death and blood.
But anyway, I enjoyed each character's extreme bravery and watching them hold their own. I keep thinking back to the characters as we first knew them, and they all have changed so much, and I love them all. Except Wolf. He's still annoying and desperate and animalistic. I don't see what Scarlet likes about him. He's either a mindless killing machine or a wounded kitten. But I digress.
Oh, but I also didn't like Jacin. I admire his loyalty and love towards Winter, but he purposefully makes himself standoffish towards literally everybody else. He's sort of that faceless, personality-less, stereotypical Prince Charming figure. Although I did enjoy learning about him and his incentives while reveling at any little piece of personality or character that came through.
I'm still not sure what to think about Winter. All along, I thought that somehow Winter would pull herself together and ally herself with Cinder so that Winter would be the queen so that Cinder could go back to Earth with Kai. So the truth was a (pleasant?) surprise. Winter really reminded me of Quintana from the Lumatere Chronicles, but possibly more crazy. I wanted more from her, actually - more specifically, I wanted more of the lucid Winter rather than a helpless, crazed girl. I kept picturing her as a young child rather than a seventeen-year-old based on how she acts most of the time. Now that I think of it, it's kind of irritating how she can't function without someone taking care of her.
That's a lot of negative. But I really did love the book, and this whole series will always be dear to me. The setting is rich and the characters (most of them) are deep and amazing and full of surprises. Do I hear a Captain Carswell Thorne and Crew spin-off series? Eh??
I don't know why I put this off for so long!
This was such a perfect ending to the series. So action packed, so much peril! It was great to have all the cast together and getting to see them work together.
I thoroughly enjoyed this whole series!
This was such a perfect ending to the series. So action packed, so much peril! It was great to have all the cast together and getting to see them work together.
I thoroughly enjoyed this whole series!
Nunca me imaginé engancharme tanto con una serie de libros en tan poco tiempo. Extrañaré a estos personajes, sus formas de ser, esa amistad que se formó entre todos. Amé a la loca Winter! Si alguien todavía no lee esta serie de libros, no sé qué está haciendo con su vida.
Such a compelling story!! Meyer never lets up and this book was such a lovely lovely book!! Such a great ending!!
The fourth and final part of the Lunar Chronicles is worth it and the story didn’t want me to stop reading. Form start to finish, the suspense and action never stops and so does the ever growing evil of Queen Levana. Our heroines, with their companions, and our villainess all get their time to shine and we have a powerful buildup to a long-awaited battle. It is truly a triumphant conclusion to Cinder’s tale and how despite her harsh journey, she managed to still find her “happily ever after”. A (100%/Outstanding)
This book was quite slow in the beginning but as I kept reading, the plot was amazing and actually made me cry quite a few times :) I am so sad that the series has come to an end but it will always be in my top five series <3 Took me 26 days to read XD
The sadness of ending a great series is real. This was a fast paced ending that involved every beloved character living up to their fairy tale beginning